The Church and Community Events calendar is published each Wednesday. Items must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Monday for that Wednesday’s calendar. Email events to wanda.fix@KVDispatch.com.

SEPTEMBER 6

REMEMBRANCE VIGIL, 6:30 p.m. hosted by the Southside Center for Violence Prevention/Madeline’s House for Madeline at Wilck’s Lake in Farmville. Candlelight service at 7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 7

ANNUAL BBQ DINNER AND DOG FIELD TRAIL, 5-7 p.m. at Palmer Springs Volunteer Fire Department. Dine in or carry out. The Fox Hound Bench Show follows dinner at 7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 8

K/V LION CLUB WALK-A-THON, 7:30 a.m. in memory of Ken Saunders, beginning at Food Lion, Victoria, to Shoppers Value, Kenbridge. If you would like to donate, make checks payable to K/V Lions Club. Hot Dogs, snacks, and drinks will be served immediately after the walk.

FISH FRY/YARD SALE, 8 .m., at 400 North Broad St., Kenbridge to benefit Blackwell Temple AME Zion Church.

FAMILY AND FRIEND DAY, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center located at 2375 Darvills Road in Blackstone.

APPRECIATION DAY SERVICE, 3 p.m. at Saint Matthew’s Baptist Church, Kenbridge for Deaconess Laura Sanford. Come out and share with us in this special service.

SEPTEMBER 9

SVCC CHRISTMAS CHORUS REHEARSALS, 6-8 p.m. at South Hill Presbyterian Church, 914 N. Mecklenburg Avenue, South Hill. Registration fee due at your first rehearsal. No auditions.

All music included. For more information contact carol.henderson60@gmail.com or louise.ogburn@southside.edu

DEACON, DEACONESS AND TRUSTEE DAY, 3 p.m. at Saint Matthew’s Baptist Church, Kenbridge. Guest will be the Rev. Yolanda Buck and the White Rock AME Zion Church family. Please come worship with us.

PASTOR’S 9TH ANNIVERSARY, 3 p.m. at Mt. Gazerine Baptist Church, 3606 Kenbridge Road, Kenbridge, for pastor the Rev. Dr. Irene B. Allen. The Rev. Dr. Sylvia Tucker and the Loving Union Baptist Church of Disputana will in be in charge of the service. Dinner will be served. Everyone welcome.

WELCOME AND WORSHIP, 11 a.m. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrel Jones of Kingdom Building Fellowship, New Kent.

SEPTEMBER 10

MEETING, 7 p.m. of the Lunenburg NAACP branch at the Senior Citizen Building, Victoria. All are welcome. Reminder this is election year.

SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, for Evans-Smith at Bluestone-Harmony in Keysville. For details, call Dr. Herman Lundy at (434) 774-7511 or (434) 955-7036.

SEPTEMBER 23

WELCOME AND WORSHIP, 11 a.m. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Brian Walker, Second Baptist Church, Chester.

SEPTEMBER 27

MEETING, 6-8 p.m. of the Board of Trustees of the Lunenburg County Library system at Ripberger Library, Kenbridge.

MEETING, of the Lunenburg Chamber of Commerce, noon at Mildred’s Meals in Kenbridge.